So yeah, this is the Morrigan thread, so Morrigan with some lava and sideboob!


[quote]KnightofPhoenix wrote...
The thing I dislike the most however is the over the top ridiculous amount of gore. Darkspawn exploding with their limbs all over the place from an arrow? That's not gritty and dark, that's ridiculous. People need to realize that a thing being gritty, dark and mature is not about how much blood is spilled. Also, fireball lacks the impact it had in Origins. It looks weird, like a ball of orange juice exploding and not fire and lacks appropriate sound effects. Same with inferno. In contrast, the ice spells, I thought, were good.
So yea, mixed feelings. I don't know what to think. On the whole, my feelings on the matter are more positive than negative, but the margin isn't that big. [/quote]
Yeah, the mages are better I think- I like the little melee they have now. Archers are ok, but I HATE their melee moves- oh, yeah, lets whack somebody with the bow, that surely won't totally ruin it. That and how there was no quiver and often times Hawke never even touched the arrow when aiming, it would be floating, or no arrow was even visible. Ugh. I'm not a total stickler for realism but come on.
And yes, fire spells lacked a certain "oomph" that they had in Origins. Really that goes with most of the sound- it all seemed rather flimsy and too high in the treble and not enough deep sounds or bass.
Whatever- a bunch of people recommended I PM Laidlaw my beastly impressions from the demo I posted in the DA2 demo thread, so I did. Not that it means much, but there you go.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
The original Shogun & Rome are my faves. Med 2 was good as well, Empire was still a glitch fest when I last played and Nap didn't interest me. I'm "hoping" that Shogun 2 will recapture what made the first so good back in the day.[/quote]
Rome was great as was Medieval 2. Despite the poor AI and bugginess, I enjoyed Empire after modding it up- I just like that time period quite a bit. Although I never got around to Napoleon. I tired the Shogun 2 demo for a bit and it was pretty good- the campaign map and art style is gorgeous- until it crashed to desktop:pinched:
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
This is the best bit of info you've posted thus far Shiori, if Gaider pulls his usual shenanigans we'll be in for a good show (I find it hard to believe that male Hawke is safe from any traps though.) Still, even that'll be eclipsed by the Morri thread's pain in a future DA title when the walls of Fort Myopic come crashing down. [/quote]
Hahaha- you know, I've gone back and forth how I want to do my first run in DA2.
Do I :
1.) Play as my rather standard chaotic good type male warrior that I almost always do in first playthroughs of RPGS and try to take it all somewhat seriously?
OR:
2.) Make Morrigan Hawke, female blood mage, try to match Morrigan's face in DA2's CC and roleplay as Morrigan?
I think I'll be able to milk some fun out of the game if I go with Morrigan Hawke. Although that means being subjected to watching the disturbing disjointed stripper hip sway run with limp T-Rex arms the whole game. *sigh*
I do find it odd that Gaider seems to be writing only one companion (Fenris) though this time around. He wrote Cassandra as well I think, but that seems a far cry from Origins where he wrote Shale, Morrigan, Zev, Alistair and so on.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
Since the Morri thread has been quiet today, a couple of bits I noted from the DA2 demo plot files regarding "light" content: (I'm presuming the naming convention "plt_lgt" can be taken at face value. The demo might not have shipped with all the plot files, so there may be more things of interest.)
Don't the next bit if u don't want pseudo-spoilers.[/quote]
Haha- great- I recall prior to Origins being released, when they released the CC, most of the story was found out. Good times. I'm not nearly as technically literate as you Terra, but when looking at the demo install I saw it breeze through installing all the files and figured there were some spoilers there based on how things were labeled- like most games.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
Most of the big Origins decisions seem to have an aptly named plot file associated with them. There's something about Avernus / Sophia in there, alistair king/drunk is in there, something about finding Nathaniel as well. Another light file about "witch" but that could refer to Flemeth. [/quote]
Hmmm... interesting that Avernus stuff is still hanging around. Although with a lot of that stuff is it not possible it could be stuff they're just keeping around for DA3 or some future import? Maybe the "witch" one refers to Witch Hunt?
Any sign of the Dark Ritual or Morrigan related plot stuff or has that stuff likely been bugged to high hell as usual?
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
There's a codex reference to "foreshadow" which is probably referring to the usual guy for BioWare games. [/quote]
Oh, Arl Foreshadow, how you led us astray and dashed all our hope. He'll probably give some great Morri/Warden tease only for BioWare to put on their troll face when DA3 comes around.
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
Plot files relating to the elf girl Merrill; one referring to "mirrorimage" and the other to varterral, though those are likely companion quests since the others seem to have similar plot groupings. Maybe the dalish connection there might have something of interest for us though... or maybe not. There's a plot file called plt_vrc200pt_n_romance (with vrc being an abbreviation for the dwarf) which I won't comment on, but its likely either a deep, dark past reason or some nod towards the DA2 thread and lack of said romance or maybe some narration regarding your romance interest - 'tis all guesswork regardless.[/quote]
Yeah, if I had to guess, Merrill and the Dalish aspect of DA2 will tie in to whatever it is Flemeth is doing, which would maybe connect to Morrigan or the "change." We know Hawke has to be delivery boy for the amulet, which is supposedly involved in some ritual at Sundermount that initiates some big plot twist. I wonder if its not related to that bound demon that was mentioned in that short story for Merrill. Or perhaps, even go back to Arl Foreshadow and how he referenced some survivor of Arlathan.
Basically, it seems plain as day that its the big Mages vs. Chantry brouhaha thats what got the world on the brink of war. What with the Hawke sibling early death ensuring you've got a familial mage connection, the title screen showing the First Enchanter of Kirkwall facing off against the Knight Commander of Kirkwall's Templars, or how we've got Anders 2.0 wanting to destroy the Chantry, and lets not forget way back to the first trailer and the Morrigan Clone Army of Apostates led by Flemeth.
As for that "mirrorimage" beyond the obvious thinking it may be Eluvian related, it could just be something to do with the Mirror of Transformation DLC maybe?
I dare you to spoil the Varric plot in the Varric thread in the DA2 forums- I doubt you'd make it out alive.

[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
[quote]Barbarossa2010 wrote...
Well I played the demo. I managed to hit the right dialogue option (neutral/snarky: "I know") with
Flemeth and she referred to Morrigan (her "daughter"), so I suppose we Morri-mancers were thrown yet another bone, even in a demo. I know, it's pathetic (
that's sort of the stock characteristic that binds us at this point isn't it?
), but it was about the only instance where I felt I was actually playing a Dragon Age game.
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It has been noted Barbarossa, yes [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/wink.png[/smilie][/quote]
We're really rather easy to please now that our expectations have been beaten to a bloody pulp and ground down into a fine paste:wizard:
If you're all feeling especially masochistic, you can watch this
horrific DA2 interview if you haven't already.

Or if you don't hate yourself, bask in the glory of a
fantasy RPG that seems to grasp how to hype people up and market itself without bashing its predecessor or resorting to bloated CGI movies!!

:wizard:
[quote]Terra_Ex wrote...
[quote]Addai67 wrote...
Terra: Did you notice anything that would indicate Alistair not king and not drunk, i.e. stays in the Wardens?
Claudia Black is not on the VA list, but then I guess no one is surprised by that.[/quote]
No, but these are just plot file names, not the plot flags themselves, so such a variation could be in there I suppose. I doubt they'd consider it far-reaching enough to mention though.
I'm pleased Morri's not here tbh, it gives me another 18+ months to dream up new worst case scenarios after all, I expect I'll be completely unhinged by the time that gets resolved [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/wizard.png[/smilie]
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Indeed. Considering all else going on in DA2, either BioWare can get their heads on straight for DA3 or perhaps we'll look back and wish Morrigan had been in DA2 if BioWare keeps going down the road they seem intent on going.
Ximena's DW is my canon Morrigan story now.....unless we end up getting Ximena'd instead of Gaider'd.
Modifié par Brockololly, 25 février 2011 - 05:10 .